Jody Hedlund Brings History to Life Like Few Others In 1763 Massachusetts, Susanna Smith has grown up with everything she\'s ever wanted, except one thing: an education.
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When Susanna\'s decision to help an innocent woman no matter the cost crosses with Ben\'s growing disillusionment with their British rulers, the two find themselves bound together in what quickly becomes a very dangerous fight for justice.
When family friends introduce him to the Smith family, he\'s drawn to quick-witted Susanna but knows her family expects her to marry well.
A poor country lawyer, he doesn\'t see how he\'ll be able to fulfill his promise to make his father proud of him.
Ben Ross grew up a farmer\'s son and has nothing to his name but his Harvard education.
And she knows when she marries well, she will be able to continue her work with the less fortunate.
She\'s determined to put her status to good use, reaching out to the poor and deprived.
Because she\'s a female, higher learning has been closed to her, but her quick mind and quicker tongue never back down from a challenge.
Jody Hedlund Brings History to Life Like Few Others In 1763 Massachusetts, Susanna Smith has grown up with everything she\'s ever wanted, except one thing: an education
